www.washingtontimes.com Topics: John Harrishttp://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/john-harris/?utm_medium=RSS2014-10-11T16:09:01-04:00No. 11 Oklahoma returns with 31-26 win over Texas2014-10-11T16:09:01-04:00Stephen Hawkinshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/11/no-11-oklahoma-returns-with-31-26-win-over-texas/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>DALLAS (AP) &mdash; Alex Ross had a 91-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, Zack Sanchez scored on a 43-yard interception return and No. 11 Oklahoma held on for another bounce-back victory under coach Bob Stoops, beating Texas 31-26 in the Red River rivalry Saturday.</p> <p>Oklahoma (5-1, 2-1 Big 12) used ...Minnesota news in brief at 7:58 p.m. CDT2014-03-18T22:00:59-04:00http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/mar/18/minnesota-news-in-brief-at-758-pm-cdt/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<hl2> Judge: Ex-Minn. golf coach proved discrimination</hl2> <p> MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Hennepin County judge has found that a former University of Minnesota women's golf coach was discriminated against because she's a lesbian.</p> <p> Judge Thomas Sipkins ruled Tuesday that former coach Kathryn Brenny is entitled to double her back ...Judge: Ex-Minn. golf coach proved discrimination2014-03-18T21:45:46-04:00http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/mar/18/judge-ex-minn-golf-coach-proved-discrimination/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A former University of Minnesota women's golf coach was discriminated against because she's a lesbian and is entitled to nearly $360,000, a Hennepin County judge ruled Tuesday.</p> <p> Judge Thomas Sipkins found that former coach Kathryn Brenny is entitled to double her back pay and compensation ...Unsolved slayings effort focuses on Cincy case2014-02-01T16:52:30-05:00http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/1/unsolved-slayings-effort-focuses-on-cincy-case/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> CINCINNATI (AP) - Ohio's renewed effort to solve cold-case homicides is now focusing on the unsolved slaying of a 24-year-old Cincinnati man in 2007.</p> <p> The state attorney general's office is looking for new clues into the slaying of John Harris, who was shot outside his house in the ...Media wars: Politico, Washington Post in biased coverage dispute2014-01-15T11:08:15-05:00Cheryl K. Chumleyhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jan/15/media-wars-politico-v-washington-post-biased-cover/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>A media war that's been waged largely behind-scenes for months has now flared, leading top dogs at Politico and the Washington Post to stage a sit-down to discuss some perceived biased coverage.</p> <p>Specifically, Politico's editor-in-chief, John Harris, wants to know why Post media blogger Erik Wemple has been attacking Mike ...UK drops DNA tests for refugees and asylum seekers2011-06-17T07:51:04-04:00MARIA CHENGhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jun/17/uk-drops-dna-tests-for-refugees-and-asylum-seekers/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>LONDON (AP) - Britain has dropped a policy of using DNA tests to identify the nationality of African refugees and asylum seekers after criticism that there is no scientific merit to the practice.</p><p>The government &quot;does not plan to take forward DNA or isotope testing for country of origin identification purposes,&quot; ...Blagojevich claims conversation record 'missing'2011-02-08T11:13:58-05:00Michael Tarmhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/feb/8/blagojevich-claims-conversation-record-missing/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>CHICAGO (AP) &mdash; Attorneys for former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich filed a pretrial motion Tuesday seeking what they claimed was missing evidence in the impeached politician's corruption trial, including records of a phone call between a Blagojevich aide and then White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.</p> <p>The motion claims ...Witness: Blagojevich eyed job in Cabinet as political deal2010-06-29T22:45:04-04:00Mike Robinson and Michael Tarmhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/29/witness-blagojevich-eyed-job-in-cabinet-as-politic/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>CHICAGO | Barack Obama on the night before he was elected president told an Illinois union leader that his aide Valerie Jarrett was interested in the Illinois Senate seat he was vacating, jurors in the corruption trial of ex-Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich were told Tuesday.</p> <p>Tom Balanoff, an official with ...Blagojevich considered Oprah for Senate2010-06-28T18:31:05-04:00Mike Robinson and Michael Tarmhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/28/blagojevich-considered-oprah-for-senate/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>CHICAGO | Former Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich called Oprah Winfrey a kingmaker who could influence voters as he mulled naming the talk-show host to President Obama's former Senate seat, according to an FBI tape played Monday at his corruption trial.</p> <p>"She made Obama, she's up there so high nobody ...Blagojevich wanted more than 'appreciation' for Senate pick2010-06-24T21:37:08-04:00Joseph Weberhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/24/blagojevich-wanted-more-than-appreciation-for-sena/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>A spellbinding soundtrack of Chicago-style politicking is getting its world premiere as jurors at the trial of former Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich hear FBI tapes in which Mr. Blagojevich grows increasingly frustrated over efforts to make a deal for the Senate seat Barack Obama vacated after being elected president.</p> ...Blagojevich requests summary of FBI's interviews of Obama2010-06-23T19:22:07-04:00Michael Tarm and Mike Robinsonhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/23/on-tape-blagojevich-wanted-something-big-for-senat/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>CHICAGO (AP) | Days after the November 2008 election, Rod R. Blagojevich sent word to Barack Obama that he would name one of the president-elect's close friends to the Senate in exchange for a position in the Cabinet, the since-ousted governor's former chief of staff testified Wednesday.</p> <p>After court adjourned ...